Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 42, Number 5, June 1998
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Page(s) | 547 - 552 | |
Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic and optical properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00286-8 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Self-trapping of electrons by vortices
1
Department of Physics, Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
2
Landau Institute - Moscow, Russia
3
Physik-Department E13, Technische
Universität München James-Frank-Str.1,
D-85748 Garching, Germany
Received:
28
July
1997
Accepted:
21
April
1998
It is shown that electrons associated with vortices may be self-trapped by lattice deformations. In essence, the deformation creates a well in which part of the electrons associated with vortex cores are trapped. The effect is strongest in superconductors which have a strong electron-phonon coupling, a large coherence length and a significant ratio . The associated lattice deformations have been observed in a spin-polarised neutron scattering experiment on superconducting Nb.
PACS: 74.60.-w – Type-II superconductivity / 78.70.Nx – Neutron inelastic scattering
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